Hasp-lock.



PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

, R. B. RIOB.

HASP LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Htomegs STATES Patented November 29, 1904i.

Trice.

RUSSELL B. RICE, OF LAS VEGAS, TERRIlURY 0F NEX/V MEXICO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,086, dated November 29, 1904.

Application filed March 22, 1904.

To all whom it 7am/y col/tecra:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL B. Rien, acitzen of the United States, residing at Las Vegas, in the county of San Miguel and Territory of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Hasp-Lock, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates tohasp-locks, and has for its objects to produce a simple inexpensive device of this character in which the locking member may be readily sprung into cngagement with the staple for locking the hasp and one in which the parts will be automatically moved to non-engaging position when the locking member is released from the staple.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

lln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a horizontal sectional elevation illustrating my improved hasp-lock mounted for use and in locking position. Fig. 2 is a front sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4t is a similar View on the line L il.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a staple fixed as usual to a door or its framework, and 2 a hasp carried by the other of said parts and provided with a slotted opening 3 for the reception of the staple, these parts being of the usual construction and material.

In the lock constituting the subject of this invention 4 indicates a primary outer easing preferably bolted or otherwise fixed to the hasp 2 and inclosing an inner secondary casing or carrier 5, connected, as herein shown or in other suitable manner, to the primary casing 4, the hasp being connected for longitudinal movement or play.

Rveted to or otherwise provided upon the outer face of one of the side walls 6 of the casing or carrier 5 is a pair of spaced ears 7, having pivoted between them upon a pintle 8 a locking member or bolt 9, provided with a laterally-projecting engaging' portion or finger 10, which extends through a suitable opening' in the wall 6 and normally lies transversely across the interior of the casing 5 for engagement with the staple l, the member being Serial No. 199,387, (Nomodel.)

maintained in its normal or locking position by means of a normally-expanded pressurespring' ll. seated at its inner end upon a stud or post l2, disposed upon the interior of the casing, the side wall 6 of which has asuitablc opening 13, through which the spring extends and bears beneath the rear end of the locking member, which in turn is provided with a stud or post lll, engaged by the adjacent end of the spring'.

Fixed upon the interior of the casing 5, to the top wall thereof, .is a curved or bowed leafspring l5, the free end of which lies between the staple-engaging' linger l0 and the front end wall of the casing and is adapted in practice when the parts are in locked engagement to bear upon the adjacent portion of the staple il, by which the spring' is held under tension or expansion for a purpose which will presently appear.

In practice the hasp Q, carrying the lock, is

seated over the staple l, which latter is initially received between the rear end wall of the lock and the rear face of the engaging' .linger 10, the rear face of said linger being beveled or inclined, as shown. rl`he hasp 2, carrying' with it the lock, is then moved longitudinally and rearwardly in the direction indicated by the arrowin Fig. 2, thereby causing the inclined face of iinger l0 to ride upward and over the adjacent arm of the relatively `fixed staple l, thereby swinging the locking member' 9 outward against the action of the spring ll, which latter will throw said iinger into locking engagement with the staple after the lingerhas passed the said arm of the latter. lt is to be noted that during this longitudinal movement of the hasp and lock the spring l5 will contact with the adjacent portion of the staple and be thereby expanded from the normallycontracted position (indifcated by dotted lines in Fig. 3) to the full-line position shown in said ligure. With the parts in this position if it is desired to release the hasp a suitable key is introduced into the locl and operated for throwing the locking member 9 outward to disengage the linger l() fromv the staple, when the spring' l5 in again contracting will automatically slide the hasp forward in a direction reverse to that indicated bythe arrow IOO in Fig. 2, thus moving the finger l0 to nonengaging position relative to the staple.

From the foregoing it is apparent that l produce a simple inexpensive device admirably adapted for the attainment oi' the ends in view, it being understood that minor changes may be made in the details herein set forth Without departing from the spirit of the 2. The combination with a door, and its casing, of a staple carried by one of said parts, a hasp connected With the other part Jfor longitudinal movement, a easing fixed upon the hasp, a locking member carried by the easing 25 for engagement with the staple, a spring for", pressing the member to engaging position,` and a leaf-spring Within the casing, said spring being adapted to bear upon the staple when the parts are locked and to automatically move 30 the hasp longitudinally for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

v RUSSELL B. RICE. Titnesses:

JOHN D. W. VEEDER, N. F. VITHROW. 

